Forchy Surname
Approximately 13 people bear this surname
Forchy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 10 | 1:8,050,546 | 248,660 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Forchy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Forchy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Forchy is more commonly found in Germany than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Forchy? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 5,391,485th most numerous family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 560,580,455 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 92 percent of Forchy are found; 92 percent are found in Western Europe and 77 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
It is most frequent in Germany, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 8,050,546. In Germany Forchy is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 90 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Germany Forchy occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in France, where 15 percent are found and Nigeria, where 8 percent are found.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Forchy
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